The Witches of Gambaga
{{Short description|2011 Ghanaian film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Witches of Gambaga
| director = Yaba Badoe
| country = Ghana
| producer = Amina Mama
| released = {{Film date|2011}}
}}
The Witches of Gambaga is a Ghanaian 2011 documentary film directed by Yaba Badoe and produced by Amina Mama.{{Cite web|url=http://awdf.org/the-witches-of-gambaga-a-documentary-by-yaba-badoe/|title='The Witches of Gambaga': A documentary by Yaba Badoe – The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)|website=awdf.org|date=20 January 2011 |access-date=2020-01-27}}{{Cite journal|last=Akudinobi|first=Jude G.|date=2012-09-26|title=The Witches of Gambaga (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/486287|journal=African Studies Review|language=en|volume=55|issue=2|pages=195–196|doi=10.1353/arw.2012.0038|s2cid=140919074|issn=1555-2462}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kanopy.com/product/witches-gambaga|title=Witches of Gambaga {{!}} Kanopy|website=www.kanopy.com|access-date=2020-01-27}}{{Cite journal|last=Sokari Ekine|first=Sokari|title=Review: The Witches of Gambaga|url=http://www.agi.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/429/feminist_africa_journals/archive/16/15_review_the_witches_of_gambaga.pdf|journal=Feminist Africa |volume=16}}
Plot
Women of various communities are accused of being witches by their families and how they fight the struggle of their society and community in the witch camp.{{Cite web|url=https://www.journeyman.tv/film/5230/the-witches-of-gambaga?version=21399|title=The Witches Of Gambaga|last=hazco.co.uk|website=www.journeyman.tv|language=en|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|title=The Witches of Gambaga|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt9013770/|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/VIDEO-The-witches-of-Gambaga-198215|title=VIDEO: The witches of Gambaga|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|date=26 November 2010|access-date=2019-10-19}}
History of creation
In 2011, the film participated in Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/veja-lista-de-filmes-confirmados-no-festival-do-rio-2011-2694000|title=Veja a lista de filmes confirmados no Festival do Rio 2011|newspaper=O Globo|date=October 31, 2011|access-date=October 20, 2019}} In 2012, it was shown at the London Feminist Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/entertainment/grannies-who-take-up-kung-fu-to-avoid-rape-and-witch-camps-the-london-feminist-film-festival-in-hackney-will-deliver-disturbing-exposes-1-1694695|title=Grannies who take up kung-fu to avoid rape and witch camps: the London Feminist Film Festival in Hackney will deliver disturbing exposes|last=Bartholomew|first=Emma|newspaper=Hackney Gazette|date=November 15, 2012|access-date=October 20, 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://www.witchesofgambaga.com}}
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Category:Ghanaian documentary films
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